Rohit Sharma broke Shahid Afridi’s record of the most sixes hit in ODI cricket history during the Ranchi ODI against South Africa.
Rohit Sharma continued his rich vein of form with the bat, hitting a third consecutive 50+ score in the first match of the three-ODI series against South Africa. He had finished the series against Australia Down Under with scores of 73 and 121 not out.
After being put into bat by South Africa captain Aiden Markram, Rohit began cautiously but soon hit the fifth gear. He completed his 50 off 43 deliveries, his 60th in the format, and finished with 57 off 51, hitting five boundaries and three sixes. He also added 136 runs for the second wicket with Virat Kohli.
His third six, a pull over deep square leg off Marco Jansen, took him past Afridi’s 351 sixes in ODI cricket. He lost his wicket to a Jansen delivery that kept low in the all-rounder’s next over.
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The former India captain’s 352 sixes have come in 269 innings. He is followed by Afridi, Chris Gayle (331), Sanath Jayasuriya (270) and MS Dhoni (229).
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Last updated when Rohit Sharma broke the record
| Player | Team | Innings | 6s |
| Rohit Sharma | India | 269* | 352 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan, Asia XI, ICC World XI | 369 | 351 |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies, ICC World XI | 294 | 331 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka, Asia XI | 433 | 270 |
| MS Dhoni | India, Asia XI | 297 | 229 |
| Eoin Morgan | Ireland, England | 230 | 220 |
| AB de Villiers | South Africa, Africa XI | 218 | 204 |
| Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 228 | 200 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 452 | 195 |
| Sourav Ganguly | India, Asia XI | 300 | 190 |
| Martin Guptill | New Zealand | 195 | 187 |
| Jos Buttler | England | 169 | 182 |
| Ricky Ponting | Australia, ICC World XI | 365 | 162 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 294* | 157 |
| Glenn Maxwell | Australia | 136 | 155 |
| Yuvraj Singh | India, Asia XI | 278 | 155 |
| Chris Cairns | New Zealand, ICC World XI | 193 | 153 |
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